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I am still not used to it.Both of them only half the timewas hard enough to accept.Then the teenage years cameand they became independent.Half the time becamehalf the time, half the time.Then came graduation,and jobs, and university for one.And now it’s half of them,half of half the time.In less than a year and a halfit will be none of themalmost all the time.That’s life, I suppose…

NEST

Our new family home,that I bought to shareA shell of a house without you there Echoes in the halls Walls, inside of walls Some framed with memories,some still bare

Never seems as brightwhen you are goneA dim comparison, with half the lights on
Darkness under a shadeBeds perpetually madeA window with a view,with the curtains drawn

Down, in the basement Alone, in the yard I knew it would hit me, just not this hard
A simple fact of life, but it feels like a test They spread their wings, and they leave the nest

I wander and I wonder,cleaning up for oneSwept up in thoughts of youuntil the work is doneA vacuum, and a broomThe dust in your roomFaint specks of yesterday,settled, and then none

The quiet of the night,
the silence of compromise
Calendar on the fridge,
cold comfort, as time fliesCircles, that tell me whenTwo weeks until thenA small glimmer of hope,
faint in a father’s eyes

Empty, in your bedroomAlone, at the tableI glance to your pictures,when my heart feels able

Sad solace in knowing that it’s for the best When life calls them, and they leave the nest